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Past Events 2010

24 - 25 August 2010

  • 3rd Scottish Biodiversity Conference: Bringing People and Biodiversity Together

    Strathclyde University, McCance Building, John Anderson Campus, Glasgow

    Download a flyer

18 August 2010

Seminar by Angela Wardell-Johnson of the Institute for Biodiversity and Climate Theme of Integration, Curtin University, Australia

2pm at the Macaulay Land Use Research Institute, Craigiebuckler, Aberdeen

All welcome

2pm in Macaulay Suite B All welcome

17 August 2010

  • Aberdeen Land Use Forum

The Aberdeen Land Use Forum (LUF) will be holding a challenge meeting at the Institute on 17th August, on the topic of 'What is Land Use?' These Challenge Fora bring together relevant partners from the public, private, voluntary and community sectors in the City and are part of the Community Planning Partnership. The Aberdeen LUF is chaired by David Miller.

Richard Aspinall will be presenting to the Forum, as will Alister Clunas Greenspace Aberdeen Trust, and the evening will include a tour of the VLT. A light buffet will be provided.

If you wish to attend please contact Donna Laing at Aberdeen City Council.

12 August 2010

  • Potatoes in Practice

  • Photographic Evidence for Climate Change

    Swiss photographers Mathias Braschler and Monika Fischer won a World Press Photo Award in 2007 for their striking images of footballers. Since 2004, they have concentrated on documenting the human cost of climate change across the globe, travelling to 16 countries in all continents, from Australia to the Alps to record the impact upon communities in desert, forest, mountain and glacial environments. Join them and see the results of their work in a special presentation of their photographic essay. Chaired by Robin Harper MSP, the Scottish Green Party.

    Committee Room 1, Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh, 14:00

    Tickets available in advance (subject to a booking fee) or on the day. More information.

  • Documenting Climate Change – Does Photography Make a Difference?

    Many photo journalists are now working co-operatively with scientists, campaigners and stakeholder groups to catalogue the impacts of climate change and draw attention to the relevant issues. Join award winning photographers Mathias Braschler and Monika Fischer, photographer Abbie Trayler-Smith, and photographer and founder of the Hard Rain Project Mark Edwards as they discuss what photo journalism may add to the climate change debate. Chaired by Professor Richard Aspinall, Chief Executive of the Macaulay Land Use Research Institute. In association with the Macaulay Land Use Research Institute.

    Committee Room 1, Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh, 16.00

    Tickets available in advance (subject to a booking fee) or on the day. More information.

11 August 2010

  • Farming - What's going on over the fence?

    Steff Ferguson of Landcare NorthEast will lead an introductory session visiting a mixed farm. Take a look at current practices, incentives and environmental improvements. Get to grips with the new and existing agri-environment schemes and hear first hand from a farmer what they think of it all. The session aims to help you improve links with your neighbours and aid interpretation of the landscape on guided walks.

    Time: 10.00am - 4.00pm
    Meeting place: Venue to be confimed: Keith/Huntly area
    Cost: £50 SCRA members, volunteers or students / £75 non-members
    Please bring a packed lunch.
    Contact: Steff Ferguson on 013398 81376 or email
    Date to book by: Friday 30th July

7 August 2010

28 July 2010

27 July 2010

15 July 2010

8 July 2010

2 - 4 July 2010

24 - 27 June 2010

14 June 2010

  • Seminar by Annelie Holzkaemper: "Investigating impacts of climate change on Swiss agriculture using climate indices and crop models"

    1pm, Macaulay Land Use Research Institute, Aberdeen

    Future climate change may increase drought risks in the Swiss Central Plateau. This trend is likely to increase agricultural production risks by the end of the century. In order to identify needs for adaptations and new potentials, impacts of climate projections on crop production have to be quantified at the local and regional scale. We apply climate indices and the crop model CropSyst for such investigations. Two ongoing studies will be presented: in one we develop an approach for a climate suitability mapping for Swiss agriculture using phenophase-specific agroclimatic indices; in the other we apply crop models in combination with a spatial optimization routine to investigate optimum adaptation strategies for agricultural water management.

4 - 6 June 2010

3 June 2010

“Science-based policy-making: whose evidence is it really?”

To be given by Professor Jacqueline McGlade, Executive Director European Environment Agency.

2.00 pm, Macaulay Land Use Research Institute, Craigiebuckler, Aberdeen

Contact Jane Lund for information.

28 May 2010

  • Seminar by Prof. Henrik Moller, Centre for Study of Agriculture Food & Environment, University of Otago, New Zealand

    "Agricultural intensification, deregulation and neoliberalism in New Zealand: lessons for sustainable land use and biodiversity conservation in Europe?"

    Macaulay Land Use Research Institute, Craigiebuckler, Aberdeen at 2pm

    More information

19 May - 10 July 2010

  • Beauty and the Bog

    Thomas Tosh, Dumfries and Galloway

18 May 2010

14 May 2010

  • Shetland Diaries Simon King at the University of Aberdeen's Word Festival

    6.30pm, Arts Lecture Theatre, King's College

    Simon King is known to millions for his many programmes on the natural world – including Big Cat Diary, Spring Watch, Autumn Watch, and David Attenborough’s Blue Planet, as well as numerous appearances on The One Show. Celebrating International Year of Biodiversity, the acclaimed author and film-maker discusses his new book, Shetland Diaries, based on the recent TV series.

    With his wife, Marguerite, and three-year-old daughter, Savannah, Simon experienced Shetland through the changing seasons and discovered the wildlife and the warmth of community in these islands battered by the North Sea. Their journey is filled with adventure, beauty, humour and occasional hardship as Simon discovers the true voice of Shetland.

    Sponsored by the Macaulay Land Research Institute, tickets are priced at £5 (£3) and will be available from Aberdeen Box Office from 29th March.

13 - 14 May 2010

12 - 13 May 2010

25 - 28 April 2010

13 - 15 April 2010

  • Trees and forests in British society

    A conference to explore the demands that society places on forestry and the role trees, woods and forests are expected to play.

    Location: Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh

12 - 14 April 2010

31 March 2010 - 1 April 2010

Location: Edinburgh

9 - 27 March 2010

  • Enlightenment: The Art of Science

    A exhibition by photographer David McIntyre
    Dovecot, 10 Infirmary Street, Edinburgh (dovecotstudios.com)

    Admission Free
    Open Tuesday - Saturday 10:30am - 5.30pm

    The exhibition features a creative mix of arts and science images by Scottish photographer David McIntyre.

    Mr McIntyre spent time with researchers throughout Scotland discussing their research before using the medium of photography to create graphic and abstract images inspired by the world class science being conducted by Scottish scientists.

    There are 30 images being displayed in the exhibition and it is hoped that the images will provoke curiosity and draw people to the text that accompanies each image in order to find out more about the science story that inspired it.

22 March 2010

17 - 18 March 2010

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16 March 2010

  • Student Seminar Day

    PhD students present their work to staff, fellow students and other interested parties.

    Abstracts and slides of the students' presentations are now available to view on our studentship pages.

10 March 2010

25 - 26 February 2010

18 February 2010

  • Beauty and the Bog: Artist Talk

    Artist Carol Taylor is currently in collaborations with scientists who 'explore and 'explain' the world of plants. She will talk about working with scientists and about the techniques she uses to translate scientific research into art, such as digital photography of dissected plant specimens taken through a scanning electron microscope, wood engraving, drawings and paintings which sometimes have dried plant specimens incorporated into the image.

    Joining her will be Dr Rebekka Artz from Aberdeen's Macaulay Land Use Research Institute who will be discussing her work on peat bogs which inspired some of Carol's work.

    The talks will take place from 7pm to 9pm and drinks and nibbles will be provided. This will be a great chance to find out more about the artists work and ask questions. They promise to give a fascinating insight into the artistic process and will appeal to artists and non-artists alike.

    Tickets cost £10 and are available from:

    Dancing Light Gallery
    Whitmuir
    Lamancha
    West Linton
    EH46 7BB

    or call 01968 660200 to reserve a place.

17 February 2010

18 - 19 January 2010

Location: University of Stirling

14 January 2010

5.30-8pm. Steps Theatre, Dundee Central Library, The Wellgate, Dundee.

This event will feature a presentation by David Sugden, Chair of the RSE Inquiry Facing up to Climate Change, and will be followed by a panel discussion with local stakeholders and a public discussion with an opportunity to feed views into the inquiry.

Public meetings in Aberdeen (3 March 2010); Glasgow (4 April 2010); and Inverness (5 May 2010) to follow.

 

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Updated: 30 Aug 2010, Content by: JL
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